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Committee ReworkPosted by Greg Dietlein on March 19, 2018

An update of the TSR process was undertaken last year. Many thoughts and criticisms were reviewed. The results were presented to the RSOs who also gave their nod to this. There was one remaining issue, that of response time. We are a small volunteer organization which depends on people pitching in based on their available free time. We cannot fault our volunteers for this yet we still needed a solution.

The work load for any given group is not large. Our bottle neck is the limited number of people who are really qualified to undertake these tasks. We had people spread through the L4 committee, TSR Committee and the as yet active AR Committee. As I just stated, the work load for each is not great, nor is the total combined work load. Further, the manner in which each is conducted is very, very similar. We therefore are looking at merging these groups into one single larger group.

This combined group would undertake the review of all three of the above.

I asked the Board of Directors for a vote to appoint Ian Stevens as the head of the new Design Review Committee.

The Board and Executive voted unanimously in favor of Ian Steven's Appointment.

please note that Aerotech is having a recall campaign, see details below from Aerotech:

Dear AeroTech Retailer,

We have recently received reports of a very small number of case failures of the 54mm J450DM and L1000W, and the 75mm M1350W.

After investigation, we discovered that the wind angle on the fiberglass cases used in these motors is out of specification. This reduces the strength of the case and could result in an increased incidence of motor failures.
Please pull any of the above mentioned motors from your stock that have been received since January 1, 2016. Also, return the M1350W case assemblies (nozzle, case & liner) you currently have to AeroTech/RCS as soon as possible. Do not sell any of the M1350Ws until the case assemblies have been replaced.

Please contact any customers you may have sold these to and let them know so they can be replaced if not already used.
Let us know the number of these motors that you have in stock and we will send you replacements as soon as possible.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your continued support.

Just a reminder as we start looking to membership renewals, sending in those worn and wrinkly RI forms and the like. All the documents on CAR web have been updated with a new address so if you are using an old form or one prior to Feb 2017 it will go to Art and then must be sent my way. So, CAR/ACF address is now:

CAR/ACF
71 Bermuda Close NW
Calgary, AB T3K1G4

New Fax is 403-730-1971

Email me at: memberships@canadianrocketry.org

The Secretary Treasurer position officially transitions on Feb 28th, there will be overlap before and after as a multitude of things also must be redirected my way. I want to thank Yves Dufour for helping get the French side of the house updated.

Some of you may remember the old days, well 10-15 years ago anyhow, I took on the moniker of “database slave”, it was and actually still is, except now there is this thing about looking after the financial side of the house too. So, I should look at a new name for the position, suggestions?

Thank you for your participation in the nomination process for 2017. A single candidate was nominated for each of the following positions, thus rendering the following slate of Officers & Regional Directors for the 2017-2019 period:

Officers:

President: Greg Dietlein

Vice-President: Bill Daigle

Secretary/Treasurer: David Buhler

Regional Directors:

Pacific: Shannon Campbell

Alberta: Tim Rempel

Prairie and Northern: Brad Wall

Ontario: (no candidate)

Quebec: André Choquette

Atlantic: Mark Roberts

Thanks to all those who volunteered their time and efforts for the CAR/ACF over the coming term!